Bridge Project Closes Busy Road

The wet weather did not delay the start of a project on one of the busiest roads in Luzerne County.

Route 309 in the Back Mountain was shut down for a bridge project from 7 p.m. Wednesday until Thursday morning. It will also likely be closing overnights for the next two weeks while the crews work to repair this bridge.

The bridge carries Overbrook Road over busy Route 309.

It is the main road linking Wilkes-Barre and Dallas.

Workers were busy cutting away concrete on the bridge that takes Overbrook Road over Route 309 near Dallas.

PennDOT said the project comes after parts of loose concrete came crashing down a few days earlier.

About 25,000 vehicles pass underneath the bridge each day.

To keep any more chunks from falling, PennDOT closed 309 and detoured traffic to do its work.